Mahershala Ali
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Mahershala Ali (/məˈhɜːrʃələ/ mə-HUR-shə-lə; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore on February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, The New York Times ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University,...
Known For
Filmography
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Wildwood
2026
as Brenden (voice)
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
as Duncan Kincaid
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025
as Self
Leave the World Behind
2023
as G.H. Scott
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Stand
2023
as Self - Actor
Chimp Empire
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Eternals
2021
as Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Swan Song
2021
as Cameron Turner
Invincible
2021
as Titan (voice)
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
as Self
Between the World and Me
2020
A World of Calm
2020
as Narrator
Alita: Battle Angel
2019
as Vector
Ramy
2019
as Sheikh Ali Malik
Green Book
2018
as Dr. Don Shirley
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
as Uncle Aaron (voice)
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
as Cross
Adnis
2017
as Adnis
Room 104
2017
as Franco
Free State of Jones
2016
as Moses Washington
Kicks
2016
as Marlon
Hidden Figures
2016
as Jim Johnson
Moonlight
2016
as Juan
Gubagude Ko
2016
as Ochoro
Race for the White House
2016
as Narrator
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Boggs
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Boggs
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Boggs
Supremacy
2014
as Deputy Rivers
True Detective
2014
as Wayne Hays
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013
as Kofi Kancam
Go for Sisters
2013
as Dez
House of Cards
2013
as Remy Danton
Alcatraz
2012
as Clarence Montgomery
Alphas
2011
as Nathan Clay
Predators
2010
as Mombasa
The Wronged Man
2010
as Calvin Willis
Predators: Moments of Extraction
2010
as Mombasa (voice)
Predators: The Chosen
2010
Crossing Over
2009
as Detective Strickland
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
as Self
Lie to Me
2009
as Detective Hughes
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Tizzy Weathers
Umi's Heart
2008
as Ezra
Stand Up to Cancer
2008
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The 4400
2004
as Richard Tyler
Taste the Revolution
2003
as Mac Laslow
Threat Matrix
2003
as Jelani Harper
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Trey Sanders
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Tombs' Security Guard
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Mark Foster
The View
1997
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self